Electron Configuration
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Noble Gas Notation
Terms
100

The electron configuration of magnesium.

1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2

100

1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s2 3d10 4p6 5s2 4d

Ruthenium

100

Noble gas notation for iridium.

[Xe] 6s2 4f14 5d7

100

Hund's rule. 

All orbitals must have one electron before any in the sublevel (s, p, d, or f) can have two electrons. 
200

The electron configuration of ruthenium. 

1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s2 3d10 4p6 5s2 4d6

200

[Kr] 5s2 4d10

Cadmium

200

Noble gas notation for chlorine. 

[Ne] 3s2 3p5

200

Electrons must spin in opposite directions within their orbitals. 

Pauli exclusion principle

300

The electron configuration of sodium.

1s2 2s2 2p6 3s1


300

Noble gas notation for lead.

[Xe] 6s2 4f14 5d10 6p2

300

Noble gas notation for nobelium. 

[Ne] 3s2 3p5

300
Principal Quantum Number

Deals with the orbital's size and energy. Tells the relative distance of the electron from the nucleus.

400

The electron configuration of manganese. 

1s2s2p3s3p4s4d5

400

1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s2 3d10 4p6 5s1 

Antimony

400

Noble gas notation for caesium.

[Xe] 6s1

400

"Till the end of the line"

Noble gas notation

500
The electron configuration of silver.

1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s2 3d10 4p6 5s2 4d9  

500

Seaborgium

[Rn] 7s2 5f14 6d4

500

Noble gas notation for magnesium. 

[Ne] 3s2

500

Aufbau Principle

lowest-energy orbitals fill first